Northeastern University

Mishac K. Yegian

COE Distinguished Professor
401 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 2448
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
Cell: (781) 910 - 6680
myegian@neu.edu
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Degree(s):
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1973
B.S., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, 1971

Mishac Yegian

Areas of Research/Interest: Soil Dynamics, Geosynthetics, Seismic Response of Landfils, Base Isolation, Use of Shaking Table in Earthquake Engineering, Liquefaction, Bridges

Selected Publications:

  • Yegian, M. K. and Ugur, K "Foundation Isolation for Seismic Protection Using a Smooth Synthetic Liner" ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No.11, Nov. 1, 2004.
  • Yegian, M. K. and Murat, C. "Soil Isolation for Seismic Protection Using a Smooth Synthetic Liner" ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No.11, Nov. 1, 2004.
  • Yegian, M. K. "Seismic Geotechnical Investigations of Bridges in New York City", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, NY, April, 2004.
  • Yegian, M.K. "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Applications to Bridges," Proceedings of the ASCE NY Metropolitan Section Seminar on Performance Based Earthquake Engineering, Brooklyn NY, March 22-25, 2004.
  • Yegian, M. K. "Seismic Geotechnical Investigations for Bridges," Proceedings of the Central PA Geotechnical Conference, Hershey, Oct 29-31, 2003.

    Honors/Awards:

  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Distinguished College of Engineering Professor, Northeastern University
  • Northeastern University, Robert D. Klein Scholar for 1991-1992
  • Northeastern University, Teaching Excellence Award, 1995